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Sleigh Bells Get Positively Loud in 'Bitter Rivals' - Album Premiere

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 10:00
"We're both so psyched" Sleigh Bells guitarist-producer Derek E Miller tells Rolling Stone Six months after they finished tracking their new album Bitter Rivals the shred-pop duo is gearing up to release it on October 8th on Mom + Pop And here's some good news if you don't feel like...

Why 'Breaking Bad' Chose Badfinger's 'Baby Blue'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:40
"Baby Blue" the memorable 1972 Badfinger track that closes Breaking Bad as an ode to blue meth was creator Vince Gilligan's idea His music team didn't agree Thomas Golubić the show's music supervisor kept picking alternate "blue" songs all of which Gilligan politely rejected "When he said 'I think this...

Sting Sets Sail With 'What Have We Got' on 'Letterman'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:10
Sting brought out a new song last night on The Late Show With David Letterman where he performed "What Have We Got" off The Last Ship his latest album and the basis for a musical due next year The singer amped up the folky and performance with help from a multitude of backing musicians...

Miley Cyrus Streams 'Bangerz' Before Release

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:05
Wild child Miley Cyrus is leaving even less to the imagination and streaming her new album Bangerz on iTunes a week before its official release  The album features some pretty hefty guest vocals from the likes of Britney Spears on "SMS (Bangerz)" in addition to contributions from Nelly on "4x4" and...

Green Day Revamp '21 Guns' in 'Broadway Idiot'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:00
Green Day have picked up loads of praise along their career but the rockers don't stay content for long So a few years ago when the band was approached by director Michael Mayer to adapt their album American Idiot into a musical the band eagerly took on the project and...

'Sons of Anarchy' Covers 'Sitting on Top of the World'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:00
Sons of Anarchy isn't done unveiling cover songs from its sixth and current season – not by a long shot This time music supervisor and composer Bob Thiele went back to the 1930s to put a heavy spin on the blues-folk track "Sitting on Top of the World" The song...

Cage the Elephant Find Their Style on 'Melophobia' -- Album Premiere

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 09:00
After nearly five years of non-stop touring Cage the Elephant’s took some time off -- and the downtime had a strange effect on vocalist Matthew Shultz"I just found myself doing life’s meaningless tasks to fill the void" he says "I became obsessive compulsive about decorating my house and once that...

Apocalypse Soon in Riotous First 10 Minutes of 'This Is the End'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 08:45
An apocalypse doesn't sound like much fun but James Franco Seth Rogen Jonah Hill and Jay Baruchel can still turn the end of the world into a good time In This Is the End – out today on Blu-ray and DVD – the crew proved there's no one better with...

Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Eminem Set for First YouTube Awards

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 08:35
Lady Gaga Arcade Fire and Eminem will perform as part of the inaugural YouTube Music Awards on November 3rd celebrating the rise of the Google-owned video service to what it calls "the world's go-to music destination" Jason Schwartzman will host the live-streamed awards which YouTube says will include "performances and musical...

Queen's History Told in New Webisode 'We Are the Champions': Premiere

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 08:00
Queen are being honored in a new webisode entitled We Are the Champions The Legacy of Queen as part of We Will Rock You a rock theatrical built around 24 of the band's most influential hits  Where Does Queen Land on Our List of 100 Greatest Artists? In the webisode original members...

'Independence Day' by Halsted - Free MP3

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Tue, 10/01/2013 - 08:00
Artist HalstedSong "Independence Day"Album High Wire & A Heart Of Gold LP"'Independence Day' is meant to sound like a bit of a femme fatale love song on the surface but is very much about the relationship I have with being an artist" Halsted's Ryan Auffenberg tells Rolling Stone "I’ve been...

Little Richard Tells Cee Lo About Recent Heart Attack

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 15:40
Last night in Atlanta Little Richard joined Cee Lo Green onstage for a Recording Academy fundraiser where the topics ranged from MC Hammer to the Ten Commandments and pancake makeup The two also talked about a recent health scare "The other night I didn’t know I was having a heart attack"...

Drake Lands Consulting Gig With NBA Team

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 15:30
Drake is taking his love for his hometown to the next level he's signed on with the NBA's Toronto Raptors as a "global ambassador" The Canadian rapper will be in charge of launching a Raptors clothing line as well as consulting on a redesign of the team's appearance as part of...

Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry Stands Up Against Misogyny

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 15:15
Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry has taken a defiant stance against internet misogyny in a new blog post for The Guardian The singer for the Scottish trio wrote about having to deal with hostile and sexist messages sent to the band through social media sites One specific incident occured last week when Mayberry...

Lady Antebellum Avoid Preaching on New Single 'Compass'

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 15:15
Back in May Lady Antebellum notched another number one record with their fourth LP Golden The album's first single "Downtown" had already topped the Country airplay charts and a smart saucy jam like that doesn't suddenly disappear once summer comes But the band opted out of hitting the road Instead with...

Farewell 'Breaking Bad': Earth Below Us, Drifting Falling

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 13:45
Walt White's old adversary Mike Ehrmantraut put it best "You know how they say 'it's been a pleasure'? It hasn't" After five agonizing seasons Breaking Bad finally reached Miller Time with last night's finale caper using Badfinger's bleakly romantic "Baby Blue" as a last word as Walt White tears down...

Paul McCartney Responds to Lost Fan Letter, 50 Years Later

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 13:30
Two women in England were pleasantly surprised to receive a reply from Paul McCartney 50 years after sending him a fan message Barbara Bezant and Lyn Phillips recorded a message on a reel-to-reel tape in 1963 and sent it to the Finsbury Park Astoria in London where the Beatles were...

'Inside Llewyn Davis' All-Stars Honor Greenwich Village Heyday

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 13:00
At New York City's Town Hall on Sunday night Patti Smith had the best line of the night Glancing at a chorus line of musicians behind her Smith admitted "I don't even know who they are half of them" The audience laughed and Smith courteously added "But I'm pleased to...

Flashback: 'Breaking Bad' Immortalizes Badfinger's "Baby Blue"

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 12:32
On last night's series finale of Breaking Bad Walter White's final moments were soundtracked by a song befitting for the mastermind behind the blue meth UK power-pop band' Badfinger's lilting lulalby "Baby Blue" a song that hints at both reverence ("I would show the special love I have for you my...

Peter Hook: Joy Division Masters Hung Up in Legal Wrangling

Rolling Stone: Rock n Roll blog - Mon, 09/30/2013 - 12:20
Peter Hook is the first person to tell you that he is not a singer The Joy Division and New Order bassist who's no longer on speaking terms with former bandmates Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris has been playing selections from his complete discography in sequence and in their entirety...

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